(JollofNews) – Senegal President Macky Sall’s team claimed he won re-election in the first-round of voting on Sunday, but the opposition said preliminary election results showed a run-off was unavoidable. Sall, whom rights groups have criticized for squeezing out rivals, was favored to win after boosting economic growth in his[Read More…]
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Ex-US Ambassador Recalls Gambia’s 1994 Coup And The Rise of Yahya Jammeh
US Ambassador in Banjul, Gambia, Andrew Winter, was not expecting a coup on the morning of July 22, 1994 — but that is what he got. With little violence and no casualties, 29-year old Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh and other junior army officers occupied the capital and the presidential compound, ousting[Read More…]
Barrow Warns Of Saboteurs As Gambia Clocks 54
Gambian President Adama has warned against what he called saboteurs who he accused of attempting to undermine the work of his government. Speaking in McCarthy Square in the capital Banjul as his country marked 54 years of independence on Monday, President Barrow was irked to point out that faceless detractors[Read More…]
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